桂馬の高上がり歩の餌食

Reading

けいまのたかあがりふのえじき

English

The overzealous queen becomes fodder for the pawn

Notes

A knight桂馬(in Shogi) that rushes up上 the board too far高 is prey餌食 for the pawn歩(in Shogi)

Origin

江戸

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